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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2016Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 7:29 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2016, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

835 
WUUS53 KIND 112329
SVRIND
INC055-119-120000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0055.160511T2329Z-160512T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 729 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SPENCER...OR 23 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...FREEDOM...COAL CITY AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE
  PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
      3909 8702 3917 8706 3923 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 252DEG 12KT 3921 8696 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
718 
WWUS53 KIND 112346
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
746 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

INC055-119-120000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160512T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
746 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES...

AT 746 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPENCER...OR 20 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AND FREEDOM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
      3911 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 252DEG 12KT 3923 8689 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

50
541 
WWUS53 KIND 112356
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

INC055-119-120006-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160512T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
756 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND
SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
      3911 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 252DEG 12KT 3923 8689 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 7 more7 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDSullivan34 min
May 11, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDWarren38 min
May 11, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo30 min
May 11, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe35 min
May 11, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox47 min
May 11, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan38 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke, Vermillion49 min
May 11, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen26 min
May 11, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion25 min
May 11, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene33 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.